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Letna Gardens and Terrace
Prague, Czech Republic
This park boasts some great views but there are also some interesting historical overtones to its huge concrete terrace. This terrace used to be home to the world’s largest statue of Stalin in the 1950s; it was blown up in 1962. Today skateboarders, a beer garden and a metronome symbolizing the passage of time are the highlights here. Location: Letenske sady {l...
Jardín Botánico
Caracas, Venezuela
Address: northwest of UCV, east of Parque Central Complex, south of Pak Los Caobos Timings: open daily 830am to 430pm. Tickets: VEF 1 A very large, sprawling botanical garden that also serves as a live study field for the adjoining University, the botanical garden is a treat for the eyes of the flora-crazy. A splendid collection of plants, from small shrubs and flowering hedges to towe...
Skyscrapers
Sanaa, Yemen
The neighborhood contains multistoried residential buildings, some of which have been standing for more than four centuries. Constructed out of local basalt stone and ornamented with intricately carved friezes and moldings, the facades of these houses form a continuous, harmonious urban fabric that can, when viewed at a distance, generate a splendid skyline as a backdrop for the modern city, and, ...
National Gallery of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
The National Gallery of Ireland was founded in the 1860s after a successful exhibition at the Great Industrial Exhibition in 1853. The current building was completed in 1864. Initially the Gallery was without a collection, but thanks to an annual allowance it quickly grew. By the start of the 20th century, the museum was out of space. It has been expanded several times sinc...